In AI Snake Oil, computer scientists Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor cut through the confusion to give you an essential understanding of how AI works and why it often doesn't, ...

AI Snake Oil Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor Princeton Univ., $24.95. A few months ago, I was working on an article about oceans across the solar system.

In their book AI Snake Oil, two Princeton researchers pinpoint the culprits of the AI hype cycle and advocate for a more critical, holistic understanding of artificial intelligence.

Researchers use AI to design proteins that block snake venom toxins It's a good example of how computer developments can be used for practical problems.